THE GREAT BC SOLAR SCAM

Councilor Logtenberg you demand the waterfront project be Step 5 Net Zero Councilor Morrison will remember my attempts at educating the city regarding the Community solar garden emails was always signed "an unwilling participant". The solar garden was a fraud, supposed to be fully funded by those opting in, payback in a few years and most if not all thought this was green energy, it actually increased the cities carbon footprint. I have no intention of willingly subsidizing anyones building putting solar panels to meet Step 5 expecting Nelson hydro customers to credit their excess power at full retail so they can cash in their summer credits earned from solar when we don't need that power so they can cash in their credit in winter that I will be paying for. Net Zero - a building that earns as much energy as it uses - Net Zero Might that come from solar power?  Excess summer solar earns credits cashed in winter. Be aware of the National Fire Code for solar pan

               All of this is old, but since the subject has briefly come up, timely to repeat. 10 schools bought a solar panel contract in the Nelson Community solar garden for educational purposes.  The city won't enable the data so one can learn.  I have asked more than once to enable the data.  Both SD8 and the city are aware of my requests.  If the students cannot learn, this waste of public money will continue. SD8 bought into the solar garden so students could learn, they won't turn on the real data so students can learn.  Why won't they turn it on?  Students are smart they might figure things out. l retired from a system that had over 120 remote solar power communication sites, the alternative before solar was flying fuel in helicopters. When I first heard about the solar garden I met with the hydro engineer presenting years of local data showing solar was a waste of money.  He told me the data was irrelevant and he was an engineer.  He brought city council a

Nelson Hydro installing underwater Fiberoptic Cable Cable ditching Lakeside Park  Has the hydro general manager produced a business case for the underwater fiber crossing? He provided one for the solar garden even though there never was a business case! City council has to depend on their experts recommendations. Nelson hydro is installing underwater fiberoptic cable to the north shore, reasons given future growth, sewage lift station monitoring, electric grid security, voltage optimization. The CAO also states for strategic partners? So why are Nelson hydro customers paying, Nelson hydro doesn't need on tenth of one strand of the 288 strands bandwidth capability. The hydro manager's reply to the BCUC when they ask what its for says its for Nelson hydro, nothing else is mentioned. I think its to connect to the Columbia Basin Broadband fibre at Balfour, but your Nelson hydro electric bill is paying. Just like

                     GETTING TO 100% RENEWABLES QUICKER     A past Nelson Hydro engineer spoke about Voltage Optimization at a public hydro budget meeting a couple years ago.   We haven't heard about it since. This could save a lot of energy, thus getting this city to its goal of 100% renewable by having far more cheap electricity available. The concept is similar to your home water pressure regulator.  In Nelson city water pressure can be and is higher than what you want inside your home.  Typical home water pressure regulators are set for about 60 psi.   City water pressure on the inlet side at my home is over 80 psi it can be much higher at times.   This could cause leaks in your plumbing, that is why you have a water pressure regulator. These devices require no attention they just keep working year after year reliably. The same concept can be applied to Electricity. At the moment  I am seeing 128.7 vac, at my electric outlets, I have seen 130vac and highe

COMPLAINT  I believe it will be far easier to follow my complaint with these blog entries with  explanation. This is regarding my FOI (freedom of information) request for records regarding the engineering drawings for the Nelson Community Solar Garden Its my contention this fails the engineering as provided for the project. This disrespects the public by Nelson hydro management who accept this work and the profession of engineering whose members deliver this work. The Engineering Firm MacLeod Nine Consultants Ltd. of Nelson BC provided the city the drawings as Project No. 15-065 to Nelson Hydro. Dated 160310 Issued for Pricing  Rev B            160407 Issued for Review  "     A The Installation is not installed as shown on these drawings resulting in shading of solar panels and movement of ground mounted concrete ballasting due to earth movements possibly a result of not using the mentioned 1200 lb vibratory roller stated in the engineers drawings.